Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary

Frutet, Francisco (or Francesco, or Frans)		print view
Alternate Floré, Franc Alternate Flores, Antonio Alternate Flores, Francisco Alternate Frutet
L.C. Name	Frutet, Francisco, -1550
Dates	op.1548-m.1550
Region(s)	Seville
Notes	A dubious artistic personality, of Flemish or Dutch origin; Palomino [1715-1724] and Ceán Bermúdez (1800) documented him in Spain in 1548; some authors have attributed his works to Frans Floris the Elder, 1516-1570, or Frans Francken the Elder, 1542-1616, both Flemish.
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Created	SME2 |D 1992 11 06 |T 13:09:21
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Angulo Iñiguez, Pintura del Renacimiento, 1954, p.211 (op.1548).
Bénézit, 1976 (Frans Frutet, doc.1548, Dutch; [listed separately from] Antonio Flores, m.1550, Flemish).
Bernales Ballesteros, Renacimiento, 1989, p.288 (Frans Frutet, op.1548, Flemish; dubious artistic personality).
Camón Aznar, Pintura XVI, 1970, p.390 (op.1548); p.402 (Antonio Flores [no dates given; no relationship is mentioned between him and Frutet]).
Ceán Bermúdez, 1800 (doc.1548-m.1550, Flemish; identical with Antonio Flores, mistaken by Palomino for Francisco Flores [Frans Floris the Elder, 1516-1570, Flemish]).
Espasa, v.24, 1924 (doc.1548-m.1550, probably the same as Antonio Flores, mistaken by Palomino for Francisco Flores (Franc Floré) [Frans Floris the Elder, 1516-1570, Flemish]).
London, Witt, 1978 (Frans or Francesco Frutet, op.1548).
Lozoya, v.3, 1940, pp.353-354 ([no dates given], Flemish).
Palomino, Museo pictórico, [1715-1724], ed. 1947, repr. 1988, v.3, p.37 (Antonio Flores, m.1550, Flemish, native of Spain [sic]).
Palomino, Vidas [1724], ed.1986, p.29 (Antonio Flores, m.1550, Flemish, native of Spain [sic]).
Serrera, 1984, p.364 (Frutet [no dates given]).
Seville, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes [cat.], 1967, p.47 (16th cent.).
Thieme-Becker, v.12, 1916 (Frans Frutet, op.1548; his name cannot be clearly documented; some of his works have sometimes been attributed to the mythical Antonio Flores based on Palomino's tradition, and more recently to Frans Floris the Elder and/or to his disciple [Frans] Francken I [the Elder]).